The 360 thread!

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:45 pm 0

Pinched from another site - "

The Fall Xbox 360 dashboard update has been revealed to our colleagues at OXM from Microsoft and it's looking very good indeed with gaming classics and films on demand.

December 4 is the date you'll need to watch out for; that's the day you'll be able to download and play Halo. Yes, Halo as in the Xbox game, through Marketplace, on your Xbox 360.

Microsoft is introducing games it has published for the original Xbox on XBL Marketplace, with the eventual plan to bring as much of the back catalogue across as possible.

Games cost about 1200 Microsoft points (about ten quid), which according to us puts them a little over what you'd pay for them second hand.

The initial list of downloads includes Halo, Fable, Fahrenheit, Crimson Skies: High Road To Revenge, Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath Of Cortex and Burnout 3. All good then, apart from maybe Crash.

And if that wasn't enough, films on demand, though not confirmed for the December 4 date, aren't far away. Studios such as Warner Bros are potentially lined up for the service, so we can look forward to films such as The Dark Knight, The Assassination of Jesse James and I Am Legend appearing eventually.

Films will cost less than a fiver and come in 720p resolution. You have 14 days to start watching a film once it has downloaded. Once you started watching a film, you have 24 hours to finish it. After that, the film deletes itself from your hard drive. It's basically an online rental service then, like the US Video Marketplace.

What do these new additions mean for the future of Xbox Live Arcade? Does the PS3's PSOne download service now look horribly dated? It's going to be an exciting 2008 in the download space, for sure."

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:27 pm 0

Theres a persistant rumour that DivX has been added as a codec as well.

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:57 pm 0

So will the states DVD donwloads cost 10 dollars then ? and why the enforced restrictions on when you can watch it ?

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:23 pm 0

Deckard wrote:So will the states DVD donwloads cost 10 dollars then ? and why the enforced restrictions on when you can watch it ?

You can watch the flick more than once (in the period), if the period wasnt there it would be a purchase, not a rental. Basically its what the film studios wanted out of MS before they would agree.

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:32 pm 0

This popped up on one gaming site. God knows how official it is.

As a gesture of thanks to the gaming community, all 8 million members will have the opportunity to download a free Xbox LIVE Arcade game,* available for downloading between 12:01 a.m. PST on Nov. 15 and 11:59 p.m. PST on Nov. 16.** In addition to this, every active member who joined the service in 2002 will receive 500 free Microsoft Points.

*edit looks like the Free Game is Carcassone. If you havent already got it that is.

chub · Post by **chub** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:35 pm 0

Ratsoap wrote:
Fable

Flabio wrote:I wonder if they're adding achivements to those games? Thats about the only way I'd even consider playing through Fahrenheit again...
Surely you could find out, no?

The problem might be that if Flabio asks, then he'll get the job of adding them.

About that Two Worlds demo, the dialogue was the thing that cracked me up the most. Methinks they perchance used too much rubbish flowery language, verily. Also the voice acting was absolutely appalling. The lead character sounded like he was just reading off a piece of paper rather than acting.

legion · Post by **legion** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:10 pm 0

benedictw wrote:This popped up on one gaming site. God knows how official it is.

As a gesture of thanks to the gaming community, all 8 million members will have the opportunity to download a free Xbox LIVE Arcade game,* available for downloading between 12:01 a.m. PST on Nov. 15 and 11:59 p.m. PST on Nov. 16.** In addition to this, every active member who joined the service in 2002 will receive 500 free Microsoft Points.
*edit looks like the Free Game is Carcassone. If you havent already got it that is.

Its Hexic 2 for Korean members, time to create a korean account.

turk182 · Post by **turk182** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:31 pm 0

benedictw wrote:Theres a persistant rumour that DivX has been added as a codec as well.

This is the one I've been yearning for.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:51 pm 0

turk182 wrote:
benedictw wrote:Theres a persistant rumour that DivX has been added as a codec as well.
This is the one I've been yearning for.

Just announced for the PS3 and the head honcho of Divx said they expect the deal to be done with MS soon too.

Kamineko · Post by **Kamineko** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:52 pm 0

benedictw wrote:Theres a persistant rumour that DivX has been added as a codec as well.

It's only a persistent rumour if you KEEP REPEATING IT.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:59 pm 0

Kamineko wrote:
benedictw wrote:Theres a persistant rumour that DivX has been added as a codec as well.
It's only a persistent rumour if you KEEP REPEATING IT.

Rumour is part of this PS3 story here:

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/11/14/divx_ps3_deal/

CharlieF · Post by **CharlieF** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:00 am 0

Could somebody please help clear this up for me?

I'm getting a HDTV next week sometime (Samsung LE40F86BDX). I have an olde-worlde style Xbox360 without the HDMI socket and would like to see what all the fuss is with 1080p. I went into GAME today (yeah, I know) to pick up a cable capable of this and they had VGA ones on the shelf. When I read the back it stated 720p as maximun . I asked a couple of the staff and they comfirmed only the newer 360s with HDMI could reach 1080p.

Now I'm completely confused as I was under the impression that an update a while back added 1080p functionality. Seraching the web hasn't conclusively proved anything either. I don't really want to buy a cable that only sends 720p max as I'd like to add the HD-DVD player at some point. I'd rather save up and get an Elite.

TV was better when there was only composite to worry about...

Don't get me started on 5.1 sound systems.

ME <==== not a clue

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 9:58 am 0

OK - Heres how it goes.

VGA cable - everything runs at 1080p

HDMI - Games run at 1080p, HD-DVD runs at 1080i and DVDs run at 480p - all enforced by the film companies.

Whats probally introduced the confusion is that 1080p was added in after the VGA cables were manufactured, so the labels arent uptodate.

Bod · Post by **Bod** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:18 am 0

Make sure your tele handles 1080p tho ... 'cos some HD Samsungs only go upto 1080i (European ones).

Edit - Just checked yours at http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/Samsung-LE40F86BD/ & yours will do 1080p.

CharlieF · Post by **CharlieF** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:57 am 0

Cheers guys

I should have known better than to ask advice at GAME.